Monday, 12 March 2018

Current Affairs. (February 1st Week)

1. NASA has launched its first science mission named _______to study the region where Earth’s uppermost atmosphere meets the outer space.

SILVER

PLATINUM

GOLD (correct)

DIAMOND

2. Name the first Indian metro city to unveil first-of-its-kind floating market of the country

Bengaluru

Mumbai

Surat

Kolkata (correct)

3. The Agra Municipal Corporation has released the logo of Smart City Agra featuring Taj Mahal along with ______

Tiger

Lotus Flower

Peacock Feather (correct)

National Flag

4. Who is the author of the newly launched book titled, Dilli Meri Dilli: Before and After 1998?

Sushma Swaraj

Sheila Dikshit (correct)

Chaudhary Brahm Prakash

Madan Lal Khurana

5. Name the India’s first indigenously developed vaccine which has received the “pre-qualified” tag by the World Health Organisation

Rubevac Vaccine

Norovac Vaccine

Pneumovac Vaccine

Rotavac Vaccine (correct)

6. Name the winner of the women’s single title at the Australian Open 2018

Simona Halep

Flavia Pennetta

Jana Novotna

Caroline Wozniacki (correct)

7. Name the documentary movie to win the US Grand Jury Prize at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival

This Is Home

Of Fathers and Sons

The Sentence

Kailash (correct)

8. Which among the given has received the best Album of the Year award at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards?

Melodrama

Damn

24K Magic (correct)

4:44

9. The inaugural India Open Boxing Tournament was organized in which city?

Kolkata

Mumbai

Bhubaneswar

New Delhi (correct)

10. In a bid to expand its reach into the hyperlocal news, Google has introduced a new app named ______ to enable the users to submit stories for and about their communities.

Flash

Notice

Bulletin (correct)

Report

11. Which state will host the International Bird Festival 2018 in February 2018?

Uttar Pradesh (correct)

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Gujarat

12. Which among the given years has been proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be declared as the ASEAN-India Year of Tourism?

2018

2019 (correct)

2020

2021

13. The government of Assam has recently unveiledpostage stamp on legendary sportsperson Dr Talimeren Ao to mark his birth centenary. He was a noted player of which sports?

Football (correct)

Cricket

Hockey

Tennis

14. The maiden military exercise named VINBAX between the Armies of India and Vietnam is being held in which state of India?

Odisha

Meghalaya

Madhya Pradesh (correct)

Rajasthan

15. Name the newly appointed Election Commissioner (EC) of India

Vijay Kelkar

Rajiv Mehrishi

Ashok Lavasa  (correct)

Hasmukh Adhia

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